R.I.P. Bert Jansch...
Bert Jansch dies . . . always been a huge fan. I got my Bert Jansch and Pentangle records out this weekend, and also ordered up some his solo albums I don't already have. Bert and John (Renbourn) "after the dance" is a great album. |
Thanks for the tipoff, FF... Pentangle started getting noticed on this side of the pond back when I was in high school and college. I liked the not-so-purist Brit folk & so-called folk-rock scene -- Fairport, et.al. -- and being a fledgling guitarist with eclectic tastes, I was naturally drawn to Pentangle. I still perform some of the more Bert influenced numbers. I count Bert as a mentor, so I'm particularly saddened to learn of his passing. He had a hard time of it later in life, I understand -- he had to sell off his guitars at one point, though I do not think that Bert was as emtionally attached to his instruments as some of us can get. His health was apparently a bit shakey for some time. I especially liked the edgier stuff -- 'Poison'... Bert's vocal part on 'House Carpenter'... He's a favorite of mine as a vocalist, too (so you won't be surprised that I take to good Dylan and Richard Thompson vocals, as well). It was nice |
